This time it isn't about gammon or culture wars or whatever. Brazilian corruption is endemic; strange to see some people here prefer it with a side-order of unspeakably evil intent and planetary-scale ecological destruction

This time it isn't about gammon or culture wars or whatever. Brazilian corruption is endemic; strange to see some people here prefer it with a side-order of unspeakably evil intent and planetary-scale ecological destruction

Not been following it mate. Take it from your last sentence this chap is for tearing down the rainforest? Poor if so.

I went to Brazil for my honeymoon back in 2012, remember returning to my hotel room on an island called Moro de Sao Paulao to find out Johnnie Jackson had scored against sheff wed with that free kick to give us a 1-0 win in our title winning season. A great country

This time it isn't about gammon or culture wars or whatever. Brazilian corruption is endemic; strange to see some people here prefer it with a side-order of unspeakably evil intent and planetary-scale ecological destruction

Take it from your last sentence this chap is for tearing down the rainforest? Poor if so.

This time it isn't about gammon or culture wars or whatever. Brazilian corruption is endemic; strange to see some people here prefer it with a side-order of unspeakably evil intent and planetary-scale ecological destruction

Take it from your last sentence this chap is for tearing down the rainforest? Poor if so.

This is probably understatement of the website

And I like how I used this thread to rekindle my memories of the 1-0 win at sheff wed that I missed. Probably not what you wanted when you opened the discussion

This time it isn't about gammon or culture wars or whatever. Brazilian corruption is endemic; strange to see some people here prefer it with a side-order of unspeakably evil intent and planetary-scale ecological destruction

Take it from your last sentence this chap is for tearing down the rainforest? Poor if so.

This is probably understatement of the website

And I like how I used this thread to rekindle my memories of the 1-0 win at sheff wed that I missed. Probably not what you wanted when you opened the discussion

No, that being the highlight of your honeymoon reflects the general mood of this thread

When the status quo fails you get a reaction. Fail to control immigration - Brexit, Housing/inequality crisis - Corbyn? The Brazilian's wouldn't be voting for this guy if parties of the centre and left hadn't messed up the economy and lost control of law and order. When Bolsonaro in turn fails you can (and I'm sure will) cheer on the Brazilian Chavez to your heart's content.

It's not really a very surprising result though is it? Violent crime is extremely high in Brazil, and people there can't turn to their government to fix it because they're so corrupt. People are scared and Bolsonaro offers them hope that the things that directly affect them might change. The fact he's a horrible, hateful, dreadful little man is a very unfortunate part of it, and he will almost certainly make Brazil a worse place. The reality with populism is though that people will quite happily turn a blind eye to racism, sexism and homophobia if they're not immediately going to suffer for those views in exchange for a big change in their lives. They won't be so cheerful when Bolsonaro starts putting together his military regime and his views on torture and brutal prisons do become a reality for the voters, but hindsight won't help unelect him.

This is the time of extremes, and the logical people need to come up with a better plan than screeching at the voters that they're stupid for thinking the bad people can help them, because it's clearly not working.